Interesting Pieces

Today is officially Day #2 of my midyear holidays!

I had a lot of fun wasting daylight - dug up old DVDs to watch, and lazed around in the living room watching Fantastic 4 (I know, I know, I'm almost a whole year late on watching that! XD) & rewatching Scary Movie 3! Hahahahaha! That movie still cracks me up! Fantastic 4 was awesome! Most of my friends' favourite character is Johnny Storm a.k.a. Human Torch, but mine's definitely Mr Fantastic himself! :D Torch is undeniably dashing, but Reed is such a sweetheart. Sighs.

The holidays are wonderful in the sense that I have so much more spare time on my hands than I usually have -- what with endless projects, deadlines, exams, homework, & the extra workload with Winanga-li; so the holidays now give me the gift of slowing down time. :P I even have the chance to read the newspapers properly now, or sitting down with storybooks (or watching DVDs) that I've been meaning to read for months -- like last night, I finally got started on a novel Kington lent to me sometime in March: Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal". I'm still in the 2nd chapter, and I'm already in love with the story! Hahah! Such a funny book! I'm also going to try and borrow "To Kill A Mockingbird" from Nicholas before I leave for Korea (1st June, yay).

Anyway, speaking about the newspaper -- there was a pretty worrying article I stumbled upon:

We can! We really can! So scary ... hahaha... it's a frightening thought, to be addicted to something, isn't it? But of course, that's due to my being somewhat of a control freak.. haha... and the thought of being out of control is just really, really chilling. Internet addiction is more probable than we ever imagined - check the statistics in the clipping.

One of the more youthful reasons for going to Korea - to see the Korean guys that so many M'sian girls are so crazy over. Hahaha! No la, just kidding. I love Korea because of the shopping. And the hotels. ;P But if you're wondering, the actor in the photo above is a fine example of what 1 in 100,000 Korean dudes look like .... don't believe everything you see on TV! In Korea, comestic surgery like blasto-something-majiggy (surgically getting double eyelids) is trendier than ear-piercing among Malaysian college students.

Besides, this guy in the picture - he's of mixed blood. Korean-American.

Stop the press! Donald Trump's recently welcomed a newbie into his famous family - Barron William Trump, born March 20, 2006. Gorgeous woman in the picture - Melania, Trump's wife. Already being called the "Golden Boy", he's got a golden stroller complete with its own chandelier. Golly gee. I'm guessing he's the real apprentice.

But all this makes me wonder, why do we never hear about the Trumps donating any of their "best" money in the world to Hurricane Katrina, 2005 tsunami, or the more recent Javan earthquake victims? I mean, Julia Robert donated a whopping US$10 mil in the aid of Hurricane K victims... what did Donald Trump do, besides producing a highly entertaining reality TV series & chipping in a couple of grand for some high-publicity charity auctions?

Alrite, other than thought-provoking pictures, I've finally had the time to actually read some of the gazillion forwards that I receive every day :P ... and I thought I'd share some of the funny ones with you. :D

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2006 WHEN ...

1. You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years.

3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of three.

4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5. Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don't have e-mail addresses.

6. You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

7. Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8. Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn't have the first 20 or 30 (or 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10. You get up in the morning and go on line before getting your coffee.

11. You're reading this and nodding and laughing.

12. Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

13. You are too busy to notice there wasn't a #9 on this list.

14. You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn't a #9 on this list.

15. And now you're laughing at yourself.

Misleading Signs
In a restroom: TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW
In a Laundromat: AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT
In a London department store: BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS
In an office: WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS WILL BE TAKEN
In another office: AFTER TEA BREAK, STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD
Outside a secondhand shop: WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC. WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
Notice in health food shop window: CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS Spotted in a safari park: ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR Seen during a conference: FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT, THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR Notice in a farmer's field: THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE, BUT THE BULL CHARGES. Message on a leaflet: IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS On a repair shop door: WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING (PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)

Have a good week, everybody! ;)